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Routes that were approved: Montevideo, Uruguay (home base and hub) to Rosario, Córdoba, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Asuncion, Paraguay, Porto Alegre and ...
Los Cipreses S.A., doing business as Buquebus, is a Uruguayan company [1] that operates ferry services from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and Colonia.The company also operates a fleet of coaches to Termas del Arapey, Termas del Dayman, Salto, Uruguay, Carmelo, Atlántida, Punta del Este, La Paloma, La Pedrera and Punta del Diablo from Montevideo, Colonia and Piriapolis.
The Silvia Ana L was delivered in December 1996 to Los Cipreres for Buquebus traffic between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Piriapolis, Uruguay. She was originally registered in Montevideo , Uruguay. In March–April 1997 the ship was upgraded in Cadiz , after which her home port was changed to Nassau , Bahamas .
HSC Francisco is a high-speed catamaran built by Incat in Hobart, Tasmania.Powered by liquefied natural gas, [4] she is currently the fastest passenger ship in service, reaching a speed of 58 knots (107 km/h; 67 mph).
Namsos Trafikkselskap (Norway); Naviera Armas [2]-Armas Trasmediterránea group [3] (Mainland Canary Islands including Huelva to Canary Islands, Spain to Morocco); NorthLink Ferries (Orkney and Shetland, Scotland)
The gas turbine powered Luciano Federico L operated by Montevideo-based Buquebus, holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest car ferry in the world, in service between Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina: its maximum speed, achieved in sea trials, was 60.2 knots (111.5 km/h; 69.3 mph). [63]
Luciano Federico L is a high-speed B60 catamaran ferry, which operates between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, a distance of 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi). [6]The ship is based on the Type 1130 catamaran, designed by AMD Marine Consulting of Sydney, Australia, and has an overall hull length of 77.32m, a beam of 19.5m and a full load draught of 2.15m.
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.